Frank Lautenberg

Everyone knows how energetic and positive your leadership has been, and we are grateful to you.

We are ever more threatened, in my view, by terrorist attack.

I authored the juvenile mentoring program. It created one-on-one mentoring for a modest cost for at-risk youth.

Would you recommend Congress acting to close the gun show loophole once and for all?

We are lacking in resources.

It seems to me outrageous.

No one wants somebody to be on a list wrongly.

America is effectively hanging out the welcome sign for terrorists to arm themselves.

To err on the side of protection is the chance sometimes we have to take.

It is time to close this terror gap in our gun laws.

This is a real enemy that is here, it is amongst us.

We need to change this law.

As Senator Frank Lautenberg, Congressman Peter King, Mayor Bloomberg, and Commissioner Kelly know and will make clear this morning, we are simply not doing all we can do to stop terrorists from buying guns.

This common-sense legislation is not anti-gun. It is anti-terrorist.

This is our chance to actually do it.

I think most Americans understand and once they hear these facts certainly will agree that this has to change.

We are facing a possible slaughter of American citizens.

To me, it is common sense.

If there is the extent of lack of faith in government today, can you imagine what it would be if we allowed that to happen?

This should not be a partisan issue in any way.

This legislation is common sense.

I think it has been said before, but here we go again. What we have just seen tells us what the American people ought to know. There are fundamental questions being asked of Senators this week, principal of those: Whose side are you on…

I want a new generation of high-speed rail that's open and competitive.

I truly believe that--right to my core that we're sitting on the precipice of huge increases again in fuel cost.

This has been a case of sheer neglect on our part, to step up to the plate.